Last Friday (16), Alicia Keys announced that she had obtained recognition for her song Nobody. It was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
“A song that is there for us when we need it most. Singing this song together, all over the world, is always magical. Thank you for loving “No One” like you do! Keep singing your heart out!!! We have diamond status, baby!!!!!” she wrote on Instagram, sharing a snippet from the music video.
The award comes a month after Alicia earned her first diamond certification for the song she and Jay-Z sang State of mind of the Empire. It is worth mentioning that they performed the song during the 2024 Tony Awards.
Nobody It was the first single from Keys’ third studio album, How I am. According to Billboard, the song spent five weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number one on three other charts: Pop Airplay (five weeks), Mainstream Top 40 Recurrents, and Rhythmic Airplay. Nobody won Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 2008 Grammy Awards.
It is worth emphasizing Alicia Keys was recently included in Billboard’s list of The 25 Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century: Honorable Mentions.
“It’s hard to imagine the first half of the 2000s without Songs in A Minor and The Diary of Alicia Keys and their spectacular singles; subsequent albums produced music for heavy hearts for much of the next decade, a welcome presence in film and TV.”, the publication stated.
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz to embark on world museum tour
The art exhibition Giants From Swizz Beatz AND Alicia Keyswill be exhibited internationally in a global museum tour.
“Our mission has always been to make art accessible to all and showcase these GIANT artists. We quickly realized that this meant this collection would need to travel to communities across the country and the world. We are so excited that Atlanta and the High Museum of Art will be the first stop on the GIANT tour.“, they said in a statement.
Organized by the museum’s curator of modern and contemporary art Kimberli Gant and assistant Indira A. Abiskaroon, the exhibition brings together nearly 100 works by 37 black artists and will be on view through July 7 at the Brooklyn Museum in New York. The next stop is the city of Atlanta.
“Atlanta has been a huge part of my story since I attended Stone Mountain High, Redan High and Open Campus“said Beatz.
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